Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ditransitive)To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.

  2. (ditransitive)To send by electronic mail.

    Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.

    mailen, versenden, schicken

    send via the postal service

  3. (transitive)To contact (a person) by electronic mail.

    I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.

  4. (transitive)To arm with mail.

  5. (transitive)To pinion.

Examples

742 sentences
  1. Will you send it by mail?

    Ти пришлеш його поштою? — deniko

    ruТы пошлёшь это почтой? — Inego

    deWirst du es mit der Post schicken? — Tamy

  2. I'll send the book by mail.

    Я надішлю книгу поштою. — brambury

    ruЯ пошлю книгу по почте. — Evgeniy

    deIch schicke das Buch per Post. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Please remember to mail this letter.

    Будь ласка, не забудь відправити цього листа. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, не забудьте отправить это письмо. — marafon

    deBitte vergiss nicht, diesen Brief abzuschicken. — Tamy

  4. Don't forget to mail the letter.

    Не забудь відправити листа. — aandrusiak

    ruНе забудь послать письмо. — soweli_Elepanto

  5. My e-mail address has been changed.

    Моя електронна адреса змінилася. — deniko

    ruУ меня изменился адрес электронной почты. — marafon

    deMeine E-Mail-Adresse hat sich geändert. — kriskelvin

Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to send via the post:

Origin

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Fr

From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.

From Middle English mayle (“mail armor”), borrowed from Old French maille (“loop, stitch”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“blemish, mesh”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare maillot.

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Forms

mails, mailing, mailed, mailed
Base formmail · to mail
3rd person singularmails
Present participlemailing
Past simplemailed
Past participlemailed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymail
he, she, itmails

Past simpleLesson

all personsmailed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mailed
he, she, ithas mailed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mail

Synonyms

3 synonyms
send through the mail:postA2
Close in meaning
  • cause to be directed or transmitted to another place:postsend
  • send via the postal service:get off

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • mail this letter
  • mail the letter
  • to mail this
  • remember to mail
  • forget to mail
  • e mail
  • in the mail
  • please mail this
  • to mail the
  • please mail
  • registered mail
  • need to mail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mail — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto